Compiled by Nora Bosworth and Naomi Cohen City Approves East Village Landmark District Neighborhood preservation groups secured a victory on Tuesday, Oct. 9, when the New York City Landmarks Preservation Society voted to approve the Lower East Side/East Village Historic District. The district includes 330 buildings and covers parts of the 15 blocks between Avenue A 
Pier 42 Tour Offers Glimpse of Future Park Last week, New York state Sen. Daniel Squadron and the NYC Department of Parks and Recreation’s Manhattan Borough Commissioner William Castro led the first public tour of Pier 42 in the Lower Manhattan. The pair announced plans for interim recreational use, as the planning process for the 
After a series of shootings in NYC’s projects, ‘Our Town Downtown’ uncovers life in NYC’s housing complexes In early July, NYPD Officer Brian Groves was performing a routine vertical patrol in the Lower East Side’s Seward Park complex when he was shot by a man who subsequently fled the scene. A few days later, a 
